Bill Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I am running qmail with tcpserver, and want to know if there is
>any way to make qmail respond faster to smtp/pop3d requests other than
>going through a DNS lookup...
Huh? How would going through a DNS lookup speed this up?
Disabling identd lookups, using the "-R" flag to tcpserver might
help. Or possibly just shortening the timeout via "-t".
>As I do not currently run my own DNS and
>get DNS through UUNET, would it be faster if I ran my own DNS for this,
>or is there another way to accomplish this task...
If your DNS is slow, you'll see delays all over the place, and, yes,
running your own caching nameserver will help.
-Dave
